Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Thu Apr 07 2005 - 05:31:29 EST


On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 05:34:56AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >For tg3 a transition period shouldn't be needed as firmware loading
> >is only needed on old/buggy hardware which is not the common case.
> >Or to support advanced features which can be disabled.
>
> TSO firmware is commonly used these days.

Because our TSO support has been totally broken for a long time?

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